Bag-measuring apparatus.



" J. AMAGHEIL BAG MEASURING APPARATUS.

- LPPLIOATION FILED NOV. 16,1912.

1,072,897. Patented Se t. 9, 1913..

WITNESSES INVENTOR J"mmej JAKE AMACHEB, OF CULLOM, ILLINOIS.

' Specification ofLetters Patent.

BAG-MEASURING APPARATUS.

Application filed November 16, 1912. Serial No. 731,804.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAKE Airaorrema citizen of the United States, and residing at Cullom, in the county of Livingstonand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Measur ing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in' hooks 23 are arranged around the exterior bag measuring apparatus.

The primary object of the invention is:

the provision of a device in which the contents of the bag may be measured. both as to its weight and bulk, the same taking place in simultaneous operations. I e

A further object is to provide such an apparatus in which the weight is ascertained of the desired bulk to be contained in a bag.

A further object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for attaining these results and which suspends the bag from a device having a predetermined capacity.

YVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrange ment of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like reference numerals designates corresponding parts throughout the several views: Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the bag in position to befilled. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view thereof, and, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bulk measuring device detached from the apparatus.

Referring in detail to the drawings, a. rectangular frame work 10 is preferably provided mountedupon the corner posts 11 and braced by the inclined struts 12, which frame is adapted for supporting the entire elements of the measuring apparatus. A yoke member 13 transverselv iioans the open rectangular frame 10, bein mounted upon the top thereof and ivoted as at 14: upon he yoke is the'scale cam 15 of the weighmg mechanism. At the outer end of said scale beam, the ordinary weight carrying rod 16 is mounted, being illustrated herein as provided with a single weight member 7. The inner end of the weight beam is glazided with an upturned open hook 19 ubstantially centrally of the rectangular frame 10. This hook is adapted to receive the bail 20 of a bulk measure 21 so that the latter being provided in any desired size is readily-suspended froni the hook 19 for allowing the contents of the measure to be accurately weighed by the scales lhercinbefore described.

The bulk measure 21 is in the dorm of a hopper and is provided with a sliding bottom 22 while projecting pointed pins or Paton ted Scptl), 1913.

thereof providing means upon which. the q sack or bag 24: may be easily placed and removed.

An inclined trough or chute 25 which may be V-shaped or any desired convenient form,

as potatoes, and thus allowing all foreign matter to be sifted out. a

The device may be readily employed for bagging powdered articles, such as flour and grain, and in which event, the employment of a solid chute is necessary.

' In operation, a bulk measure 21 of the desired size, such. for instance, as a bushel measure, is suspended from the scales hook 19 while thebag 24; to be filled is mounted upon the hooks 23 around the lower end of the measure. The measure being then filled with the desired articles which are conducted thereto by means of the trough 25, the exact weight thereof is ascertained by the scales and thereafter the slide 22 is withdrawn and the contents deposited in the bag. Another use for which the device is espeeiai v adapted, is merely for weighing out desired quantities and in which case, the scales are set at the desired weight and the goods are deposited in the hopper until the necessary amount is reached and whereupon the scale beam tilts and the bag with its contents having descended, seats itself upon the loor, it of course being noted that in such ause', the slide 22 is not employed. \Vhile the forms of the invention herein shown and'described are what are believed to be preferable embodiments thereof, it. is nevertheless to be understood that minor ehangesmay be made in the term, proportien and details of constructien without departing from the spirit and seeps of the invention as set forth in the appended claim. Having tans described my invention and in what manner the same is designed for use, What I as new and desire to secure by Letters Yatent of the United States is In a measuring apparatus of the type de scribed, an open rectangular frame comprising side and end bars and havin supporting legs, ayoke member spanning the frame being supported on the side bars adjacent one end of the frame, a scale beam mounted in said yoke member and lying above the frame with its measure-supporting end positioned substantially centrally over the center of the frame and its Weight-receiving end extending outside the frame beyond one end of the latter, a measuring hopper removably supported on the inner end of said beam, and a chute supported on the opposite end of the frame, said chute disposed above the end bar of the frame on which it is supported and disposed at an incline to discharge into saidhopper.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAKE AMACHER.

Witnesses: 1

HENRY AMACHER,

JOHN Armenian.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

